Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 However , a mother who is in contact with her baby immediately after delivery is much more likely to be able to do this than one who is not given her baby until a few hours after the birth .
2 In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually .
3 So it can only be human failure I E that she was driving and just sort of lost her concentration for a few seconds and that was fatal
4 Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days .
5 I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight .
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